NCFP rejection imperils Torre bid By Cedelf P. TupasPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 22:49:00 07/04/2008 MANILA, Philippines–The National Chess Federation OF the Philippines’ rejection of Grandmaster Eugene Torre’s appeal for an outright inclusion in the RP chess Olympiad-bound squad could also spell the end of the Filipino chess luminary’s attempt to surpass the appearance record in […]
Leko quietly takes over sole lead with 1 to go
GM Gustafsson (2603) – GM Leko (2741) [E15]Dortmund – Round 6, 05.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Rd2 d6 13.Rad1 Ne8 14.e4 Bc6 15.Qc2 Qb7 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.axb3 f6 18.Ne1 Nd7 19.Ra1 Rdb8 20.Ra3 Rb7 21.e5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 […]
Saturday Brain Challenge
Zalkind 1914, presented by AndreasWhite to move. What should White do? 1r2B1k1/4P3/p6P/2p5/8/8/1B4K1/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Karjakin decisively leads match
Young Ukrainian phenom Karjakin is comfortably leading British former World Championship challenger Nigel Short by the score of 4.5-1.5 in a 10 game match. GM Short (2655) – GM Karjakin (2727) [B23]05.07.2008 / Match game 6 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0–0 Rb8 8.a3 0–0 9.Be3 b5 10.Rb1 […]
Nepomniachtchi held Kramnik to a draw
GM Kramnik (2788) – GM Nepomniachtchi (2634) [D11]Dortmund, Round 6, 05.07.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.h4 dxc4 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g5 Nh7 12.Bg2 Bb4 13.Qe2 Nb6 14.a3 Ba5 15.Bd2 Nf8 16.Ne4 Bxd2+ 17.Qxd2 Qe7 18.Qb4 Qxb4+ 19.axb4 Kd7 20.b5 Kc7 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Nd2 Nfd7 […]
Naiditsch wins, Van Wely loses
GM Mamedyarov (2752) – GM Ivanchuk (2740) [E25]Dortmund, Round 6, 05.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 0–0 9.Bd3 b6 10.Ne2 Ba6 11.0–0 Re8 12.Ng3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nc6 14.Ra2 Qd7 15.Re2 Re6 16.Bb2 Rd8 17.Rd1 Ne7 18.e4 Qa4 19.Bc1 Rc8 20.Rde1 g6 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.Be3 Rc8 […]
5th prestigious title
Venus Tops Sister for Wimbledon CrownAPPosted: 2008-07-05 11:42:41Filed Under: Tennis, Sports WIMBLEDON, England (July 5) – Venus Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday to win her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship. Watching the match from the players’ box was the sisters’ mother, Oracene. Their father, Richard, had flown back to the […]
Short taken down again
After 5 games, the score is 4-1 in favor of the young phenom Karjakin. GM Karjakin (2727) – GM Short (2655) [B12]05.07.2008 – Match / Game 5 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.c4 Bc5 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Be3 Bxd4 9.Bxd4 0–0 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Be2 Nbc6 13.0–0 Be6 14.Nb5 a6 […]
Saturday Open Forum
It’s Saturday Open Forum! Kramnik is playing in his first tournament in a while in Dortmund. However, the lowest seed is stealing the show. German Jan Gustafsson is leading the tournament with 2 rounds to go over big names such as Kramnik, Leko, Mamedyarov, and Ivanchuk, etc. The July 2008 FIDE rating list is finally […]
Pan-Am Update – Medal contenders
OFFICIAL STANDINGS AFTER THE 8th ROUNDThose in red are in medal contention entering the last round. LISTS ACCORDING TO http://201.216.215.172/torneos/XIX_PANAM_08/index_panam_08.htm Under 8 girls:5th – Singh Reva 5.0/8 Under 10 girls:2nd – Liao, Simone 6.5/83rd –Evan Xiang 6.0/8 Under 12 girls:3rd – Yang, Sylvia 6.5/85th – Xiang, Ellen 5.5/821st – WCM Munoz, Claudia 4.0/8 Under 14 […]